Jadotville
Britishnoun
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Born in South Africa in 1921 to a French father and British mother, Phyllis was orphaned at the age of four and went to live with an uncle in Jadotville in the Belgian Congo.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
The treatment of the Jadotville troops infuriated the soldiers and their families and led to a decades-long fight to recognize the importance of the battle.
From Time ● Jul. 27, 2016
“Jadotville was swept under the carpet,” says author and military expert Declan Power, on whose book, Siege at Jadotville, the new movie is based.
From Time ● Jul. 27, 2016
Convinced that Thant had deceived them about Jadotville, Belgian and British diplomats wanted to know what had happened.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another column of troops advanced northwest toward Jadotville, in the heart of the copper belt that gives Tshombe $40 million a year in revenues.
From Time Magazine Archive
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